Blouse. Light, gauzy fabric. White, sleeveless top with round neckline, buttons down back, drawstring in front. Narrow pleats down from shoulder and neck, 3' long. .25' lace around collar, across shoulders, and around armholes. Eyelet and embroidery desi
Cream-colored cotton blouse. (originally white?) Horizontally-ribbed fabric. Long-sleeved blouse. Ends of sleeves, neck, and bottom of blouse have 1.25' crochet trim. 16 shell buttons down front of blouse, do not go the whole way to the bottom. Peplum bo (J. Walton)
Stiff (atarched?) cream-colored horizontally-ribbed fabric. Contoured long-sleeved top with lace-covered mandarin collar and lace-triimed edges on sleeves and lower edges. Front opening with 15 round shell buttons and 1/2-inch button holes. 4 full-length darts from bust to hem edge. Back has full-length, center and contour seams. Bottom edge is tapered with a lace-trimmed center pleast (7 1/2 inches long). Machine and hand-stitching (buttonholes, lace, tapes at sleeves). Two lengths of cotton twill tape sewn inside at back waist.
Cotton vest. Brown with tan mottled moire material with smocking at front of shoulder and at stomach. Fan-like, and V-shaped at bottom (waist). Very thin V-shaped piping around neck and down middle of front. Thicker piping around waist. Padding sewn at b (J. Walton)
C. 1840-50
Woman's top. Brown spackled cotton. Double construction with white lining. Closes in back with 15 hooks and eyes (only 2 hooks remain). Sleeves are missing--or whatever was attached at sleeve edges.
3 rows of gathering/ruching on each shoulder.
Center front tapers to point with 9 rows of tiny gahters tapering to point at bottom.
Part of a four-piece dress. Blue velvet bodice with pointed lower front edges. Raw edges at collar, sleeves, and along waist/ bottom edge. Fronts have two bust darts. Right front has 21 buttonholes finished in buttonhole stitch. Left front has threads where buttons (now missing) had been sewn on. Front has batting between velvet and lining. Finely finished interior with 11 places for contour stays -4 have stays; 2 each front and 1 behind each underarm seam. 4 1/2 inch long brown fabric piece with 5 hooks inside right front; piece with 5 eyes on inside left front, attached at waist to reduce strain of buttons/ buttonholes. Brown twill tape as backing for buttons.
With garment are two lined tabs, tacked together. Metal pieces inside tips. 3-parallel lines of stitching around outline of both tabs. Top edges are raw, unfinished edges, White mesh stiffener between velvet and lining.
2 piece dress of Rust Moire. Bodice has bishop sleeves with double row of same material ruching above end of sleeve. Corduroy-covered rounded button closure down front, originally had eleven buttons, six are missing. Deep V at front and back center at waist 5 in below waist. Plain rounded neckline without collar. two 1in gathered bands of same fabric decorated sleeves and run from from lower front, up front waist, and has self fabric covered weight sewn on underside. Machine and hand stitcihng. 10 stays. Lined with brown cotton fabric with lighter weight fabric in sleeves. Seam raw edges overcast 4 hooks and eyes along inside from waist up.
Silk or satin bodice. Deep rust fabric. Jacket-like bodice with short mandarin collar. Double 'V' at bottom front. Fan-split at back with larger double 'V' and two button accents. 19 buttons at front are brown horn or bone with incised lines on half of face. Outer pieces and lining are sewn up as one with raw edges overcast. Two darts on left and right sides, below bust.
Some buttons missing / replaced. Ed Dec 13, 2016, VAP, unerarm stains and wear, stains on right front, wear on inside of darts, seam below left underarm.
Black silk bodice. Short-waisted with plain mandarin collar. Sleeves are long with ruched cuff. Round, small, black, bead-covered buttons down front opening. Black piping in leaf design sewn flat from shoulders down over chest and back of shoulders. Bust is padded. Raw edges inside are hand overcast. Sleeves open at outside edges with gathered decorative band around wrist openings. 2 tabbed pleats at center back with fabric covered weights sewn on 2 side tabs. 2 stays in front and 2 stays in back.
Black bodice. Damask with cloud designs. Long sleeves, rounded cuffs lined in white lace and edged with beads. Front has small bead and sequin design. Dense beading down side of front opening with has hook-and-eye closures. White chiffon and lace yoke an
Woman's bodice. Hook and eye fastening at front. Cream and sea green stripes (1/4'). Green silk covered metal buttons with star design stitched on front. But no buttonholes. Drop-shoulders with bishop sleeves. Staining, discoloration, mostly at underarms.
Petite bodice of green and ecru stripes. Green has slight sheen. body lined in white cotton; sleeves lined in white polished cotton. Set-in sleeves finished with narrow cording in same fabric. Inside wrist edge finished with green binding. Neck edge finished in dark green, with stitches show as dark green border on outside. Two arched pieces sewn onto back from sleeves curving to center with top stitching along curved edges. Two underarm pleats on sleeves. In back, two underarm stays one center. Two bust darts with stays on left and right. Ten hidden hooks and eyes fasten front. Six light green buttons are attached to front. Bottom waist finished with narrow rounded edge.
Bodice, part of 3-pieces made of same fabric. (W.84.40.1, .2, .3) Purple silk-like fabric with matching embellished trims and fringe.
Inside: Main portion of bodice (lining & outer fabric) sewn by machine. 5 front stays: 2 bust dart stays (7-8 inches) on each side; one center front. Pieces of machine-knit fabric sewn at underarms (for sweat absorption?) 4 large hooks sewn at waist level match 4 eyes sewn on waistband to hook bodice and skirt. 6 smaller hooks sewn to bottom interior edge, 3 each side.
Outside back: Stiffening on back opening with 14 overcast holes on both sides for lacing. At top opening, fabric tape that's encased around entire edge of neckline can be pulled to gather low front neckline to fit across the chest. 3/5-inch long lightly gathered trim (with lace edging hand-stitched to upper edge) stitched around neckline. 1-inch wide purple ribbon embellished with white stem and leaves is hand-stitched from V/peak at center front up and over shoulders and down back of bodice ending with two 7.5-inch tails below center back opening. Purple and white fringe trim sewn around edges.
Sleeves: Bell-shaped sleeves trimmed with 2 encircling 2-inch wide bands of purple with purple and white diamond chain design. Top edges are trimmed with short .5-inch purple and white fringe. Lower edges trimmed with 2-inch dark purple fringe. Long sleeves inside out bell-shaped sleeve are constructed of fine fabric with lavish 10-inch trim at bottom.
Provenance
Said to have been worn to James Buchanan's inauguration.
Woman's cape with black satin material trimmed around collar, down front, and along edges with (3.75') black lace gathered in folds with bead-covered ball-like tassel accents. Long tail-like front, shorter pleated back. Cut up for under arms. Hook-and-eye closur (J. Walton)
1/29/2018 Black satin exterior and lining. Bell-shaped contour, curved shoulders flare with a gore/insert on front lower arms. These sections narrow into strips that are attached to a waist band inside the garment. Long panels (31" neck to base) form front opening. 7 hooks on inside rightfront hook inot black thread loops on left side. Neck, front opening and all lower edges. Black lace with dangling black bead globes (58) adorn edges, including collar. Braided hanger loop. Both machine and hand-sewing.
Black cotton cape. Flocked fabric with flower design. Fur-like fringe around collar, down front opening, and around bottom edges. Mandarin collar. Open at front with mismatched button closures. Originally had fabric-covered buttons, now only one remains. (J. Walton)
Fabric has raised black velvet flowers agains a light background. Back is contoured; should caps are gathered. Front panel close with buttons that slide into buttonhole-slots on the inside right front panel. Buttons are not seen on the outside of the garment. The trim covers them. Trim on sturdy woven backing is 1-inch in sections of the 4 strips of black chenille. Two 2-inch tails dangle alternately from the top and from the bottom at the end of each section. The 1 1/2-inch wide edging is hand-stitched so it covers and matched the edge of the garment. Chenille trim is sittched ( running sitich) along all eges but the left center front panel edge. Lining is a brown cotton fabric. Seams' raw edges are overcast. Two (29 1/2 & 26-inch) lengths of black satin ribbon are sewn to the back at waist level.
Two-piece cotton dress: bodice and skirt. Lightweight fabric, white with blue thistle plant print. Button front with round mother-of-pearl buttons on bodice. Pleated front and back. Stand up collar, long sleeves. Vertical pleats on front, 5 on each side. Buttons along waist which correspond with buttonholes on skirt. Ruffles are seewn onto the skirt 20in below the waist and at the skirt's hem. A .25in tuck allows the skirt to be lengthened.
Infant's dress. Lightweight, white, gauzy fabric with 4in wide eyelet border. Eyelet yoke edged top and bottom with commercial lace and pink thread and beads. 16.5 in long skirt gathered / flared from bottom of yoke. 5.5in of eyelet lace at bottom of skirt. Pink ribbon through lace at neck. Back opening about halfway down, with bound placket, seam below is machine stitched french seam. Button holes, both sides.
Black satin dress with bodice and skirt. Heavy material. Bodice has front buttons made of braid-lined jet, faceted on sides. Mandarin collar and long sleeves. Gathered fan-like tail with two pointed tabs. Jacket flares at waist. Flat spiraled piping in s
Black two-piece dress with bodice and skirt. Black grosgrain (silk?). Bodice is simple with plain collar. Faceted jet buttons down front. Plain long sleeves. Fan-like 'tail' on back. Skirt is bustle-style. Heavy with short ruffle at bottom hem. Overskirt
Cotton dress. Olive drab background with green polka dots and bunches of flowers. Flowers are daisy-like, pink, purple, and white with tan grass sprigs. Drop sleeves have green velvet buttons near shoulder seam; cuff has ruched grosgrain ribbon: green wi
Tan and brown two-piece dress with bodice and skirt. Tan fabric with vertical rows of brown chain-like pattern. Brown velvet V-yoke and collar. Brown velvet cuffs and buttons. Apron-like overskirt sewn onto underskirt. Bustle-style. Pleated skirt. Some r
Two-piece silk dress with bodice and overskirt. Gray-green fabric with olive trim, yoke, and fringe. Colonial revival style. Bodice has fake jacket with ruching along edge. Thread-covered button closure down front. No collar. Braid and knotted fringe.
beautifully detailed heavy satin top with long sleeves, exquisitly crafted buttons and fringed from short front all along the longer portion in the back. Bulk appear greyish with drab green trim. Fringe is light green and some threads on buttons appear aqua. Sleeves (19.5in long) flare at cuffs that are decorated 5 layers of raduated ruffles on upper portion of cuff. The top of this triangle of ruffles sports a fabric bow. All trim is made of main fabric with drab green trim also used for the triangle faux tab wiht a button at the point that extends from the ruffles to the inside of the sleeve.
Ruffles run the length of the front beneath a band of fabric trim. A front right section of drab green silk from neck to waist contains 12 1in buttonholes. On the left 6 buttons remain (a 7th is pinned to acard) and 1 buttoncover that shows the fine stitching. Two triangular pieces ith trim are seamed at the front armholes with the mitered tip of the handsewn triangles pointing toward the center front. Two bust darts on both sides are stiffened with stays. BOth straight and chain stitch on seams that are hand overcast. Double construction with tan polished cotton on inside of entire garment. Commercially made cord fringe, 3.5in long, are sewn into lower edge around entire top.
Back: Olive green silk piece from neck tapers to a point at center back. Along inside edge, pointing to top, are trimmed ruffles with a 1in wide trimmed border band of main fabric. In addition to side seams there are 2 curved seam fromarm seams to the center back waist where a large bow is attached. The back 13in below the bow is trimmed with sides folded to a center pleat. Outer edges of pleat are trimmed with fringe. Inside of back pane; is lined with drab green silk.
Cotton dress. Wide, open neck and plain, bloused front. Hook-and-eye closure down back to waist. Gathered slightly at waist which is straight. Bodice lined in lightweight white fabric. Boning in lining. Slightly dropped shoulders with double-puffed style
